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What Leo Tolstoy Had to Say About Mormons

A creative genius, a master of realistic fiction, and arguably the greatest novelist of all time, Count Leo Tolstoy made an indelible mark on the literary world. Though he died over a century ago, his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina are still popular and relevant today and considered among the finest novels ever crafted.

LDS 8th Grader Gave 947 Girls Flowers in His Jr. High (and Paid for It All by Himself)

By Jason F. Wright

Matt Strock, an English teacher at American Fork Junior High, looked across his class of squirrelly students and posed a very simple question:

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New Survey Reveals How the World Views Marriage and Family (+ How It Supports Prophets' Teachings)

By Lindsey Miller

The Deseret News and The Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at Brigham Young University recently revealed the results of their 2018 American Family Survey. They surveyed 3,000 American adults of different demographics on marriage, family, parenting, politics, and other relevant topics concerning families in the United States.

Ben Schilaty

Dr. Ben Schilaty is a social work professor at Utah Valley University. He also works part-time as a therapist specializing in working with LGBTQ Latter-day Saints and their families. He holds three degrees from Brigham Young University: a bachelor's degree in Latin American studies, a master's in Hispanic linguistics and a master's in Social Work; he also earned a PhD in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching from the University of Arizona. Ben learned Spanish and Portuguese during his mission in Chihuahua, Mexico, and when he lived in Bolivia, Peru and, Portugal. He taught Spanish for a decade at the middle school, high school and college level. Ben is the award-winning author of A Walk In My Shoes: Questions I am Often Asked as a Gay Latter Day Saint and cohosts the podcast “All Out in the Open.”

The "Mormon Moment" Yields . . . Not So Much

Even after Mitt Romney lost, Mormon media observers felt that his campaign must have yielded a net positive for public understanding of the Mormon faith. But new data released by the Pew Forum suggests otherwise.

USA Today: Pro teams adding religion to promotional fan days

Pro teams are increasingly promoting Christian, Jewish and Mormon fan days, because they help drive group ticket sales in a recession.

Church Historian Receives Prestigious History Award

Richard E. Turley Jr., assistant historian and recorder for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has received national recognition for his contributions to public history.

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LDS Teen Makes Touching PSA About Intellectual Disabilities and 'the R-word'

22: "Anxiously Engaged in a Good Cause" (Doctrine and Covenants 58–59)

Picture this: You have just arrived in Jackson County, Missouri, with the early Saints. You’re so excited and you just can’t wait to begin the work of building up Zion. But you have no idea where to start. Everywhere you look the land where the Savior will come again just seems like untamed American frontier. But then the prophet Joseph Smith arrives with very important instructions from the Lord. That's what this week’s lesson in Doctrine and Covenants 58–59 is all about—instructions the Lord gave, for the Saints then and for us today, about how to prepare spiritually to gather and build up Zion.

Heather B. Moore

Heather B. Moore lives in Utah with her family, and several pets, including a bearded dragon. As a teenager, she lived in the Middle East, attending Cairo American College in Egypt and the Anglican School of Jerusalem in Israel. Despite failing her high school AP English exam, Heather persevered and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University in something other than English. At age 30, Heather discovered she loved to write—when it wasn’t homework—and she writes primarily about women in the scriptures, under pen name H.B. Moore. She also writes historical women's fiction, sweet romance, and inspirational non-fiction under Heather B. Moore . . . This can all be confusing, so her kids just call her Mom.